Etymology

cookieholic

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Today it means: A person who is intensely fond of cookies. Full definition →

English alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*kōkô
  2. Old Dutch*kuoko
  3. Middle Dutchcoeke
  4. Dutchkoek
  5. Dutchkoekie
  6. Englishcookie
  7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  11. Medieval Latinalcoho
  12. Middle Englishalcofol
  13. Englishalcohol
  14. Englishalcoholic
  15. English todaycookieholic

From cookie + -holic.

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